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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eilifrøysa GravhaugCountry: Norway Fylke: Møre og Romsdal Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ålesund Nearest Village: Giske
Latitude: 62.467466N Longitude: 6.031129E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Eilifrøysa is a large cairn, with a diameter of 37 metres and up to 5 meters height. The cairn is built of of stones and earth, and then covered with a layer of peat. This means that the pile is not quite like most burial mounds from the Bronze Age. The skilled construction points towards wealthy building owners. In the eastern part there is a 10 metre wide and 3.5 metre deep crater that goes all the way down to the centre of the cairn. A burial chamber around 60cm long, 50cm wide and around 40cm deep was excavated here. Inside it the burial of a woman dating back to about 375-400 years AD was discovered. The body was adorned with jewellery in gold and silver coating, probably showing that she was a powerful and wealthy person. Among the grave goods were: Ring of gold, 311 g, Gold Locket, Bronze Shellac, 2 silver cup, Fragment of a bronze kettle, fragment of a sort of vessel, a gold medallion, Arrowhead of bone, Shards of clay vessels, Bear claws, Human Bones, Animal Bones, A gold needle and A bone comb. The gold medallion is a unique find (in this area). It has the inscription of emperor Constants (year 337-350) and has obviously been imported from the Roman empire. A secondary burial chamber revealed no findings.
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